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Luscious baked French toast made with whole slices of cinnamon raisin bread. A real visual treat!

Ingredients

1-½ loafCinnamon Raisin Bread

Butter, For Greasing

8 wholeEggs

2 cupsWhole Milk

½ cupsHeavy Cream

1 cupSugar

2 teaspoonsGround Cinnamon

2 TablespoonsVanilla Extract

Topping

1 stickCold Butter, Cut Into Pieces

½ cupsFlour

½ cupsPacked Brown Sugar

1 teaspoonGround Cinnamon

¼ teaspoonsSalt

½ cupsRaisins

Softened Butter, For Serving

Warm Maple Syrup, For Serving

Preparation

Unwrap the loaves of bread, then overlap the slices in rows in a well-buttered baking dish.

Whisk together the eggs, milk, cream, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon, then pour the mixture evenly over all the pieces of bread, soaking the bread as much as possible.

To make the topping, combine the butter, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl and cut it all together with a pastry cutter. Stir in the raisins.

Sprinkle the topping all over the casserole. Cover the pan with foil and refrigerate it for several hours or overnight.

When you’re ready to bake the French toast, preheat the oven to 350°F. Bake the French toast for 45 minutes to 1 hour for a softer texture, or longer for a firmer, crisper texture. Cover with foil for the first 30 minute of baking, then remove it for the remaining baking time.

Stephanie is a former newspaper reporter and self-taught baker who lives in the Twin Cities. As her blog title Girl Versus Dough suggests, Stephanie loves baking bread. And cookies. (And just about everything else.) She enjoys working with her hands, which is a great thing for all her friends and family who get the goodies that come out of her kitchen. Check out her TK recipe box! We’re sure you’ll see something you’ll want to make.

Whether it’s in the hospital caring for patients or in her kitchen whipping up meals, it’s evident that nourishing people is Terri's true calling. She's lived all over the United States, from east to west, and even in a few other countries. You should ask her about her experiences (like that time she ended up skiing into Robert Redford). But more importantly, you should try her recipes. Visit her blog That’s Some Good Cookin’ and you’ll know what we mean.